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The Assimilator-Explorer styles and creativity

Martinsen, OL; Furnham, A; (2016) The Assimilator-Explorer styles and creativity. Personality and Individual Differences , 98 pp. 297-299. 10.1016/j.paid.2016.04.054. Green open access

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Abstract

This study looked at the relationship between the Assimilator–Explorer (A–E) cognitive styles and creativity. A measure of creative activities, four divergent thinking tasks used as controls, and a measure of the A–E styles, where Explorers have higher and Assimilators lower scores, were included and completed by a sample of 342 participants. Participants completed the measures during three waves and there were 3 months between the first and third waves. Results showed that there were weak, but significant positive correlations between the A–E styles and verbal and figural fluency. Moreover, the relationship between the A–E styles and creative activities was positive and significant, also when controlling for fluency and gender. Implications are discussed.

Type: Article
Title: The Assimilator-Explorer styles and creativity
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.04.054
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.04.054
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
Keywords: Social Sciences, Psychology, Social, Psychology, Creativity, Cognitive style, Divergent thinking, Cognitive Styles, Personality, Originality
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1493556
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